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What type of data cable connects the optical drive to the motherboard?
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What is an eide cable?
The cable connects between the motherboard of the computer and the hard-drive or optical drive.
The function of hard drive cable?
To start, the hard drive cable connects your hard drive to your motherboard. Its really simple.
What data cable attatches to the optical drive?
A Molex Connector connects to optical drives and hard drives.
Does a ribbon cable connect to the CPU?
No. It connects to the motherboard at one end, and a drive or device on the other.
What piece of hardware do EIDE cables connect to?
Typically EIDE cables connect to IDE Hard-drives and optical drives such as CD and DVD Drives. The cable connects between the motherboard of the computer and the hard-drive or optical drive. Normally most motherboards have two idea buses. You can have to drives per cable. So a total of 4 drives.
What is a floppy drive data cable?
a cable for connecting a floppy drive to the computer motherboard.
What is a satae?
A sata cable connects a motherboard to a Sata hard drive. Modern power supplies have special chords made to power Sata hard drives where as old ones do not. Older computers have Eide cables to connect the motherboard to the hard drive.
What is a slave optical drive?
Well an optical drive is a cd/dvd disk drive. Slave means it is in the secondary position on an IDE cable. So a slave optical drive is a cd/dvd drive positioned secondary to a different device on a singular IDE cable.
What other computer components is the hard drive connected to?
Usually, the hard drive connects to the motherboard.
What is the drive nearest motherboard when using an 80-conductor cable-select cable?
Master.
What is a hard drive connected to the motherboard by?
fiber optic cable
Does a drive bay device plug into the motherboard?
An internal hard-drive fits into a bay inside the computer's tower. A power cable from the power unit is plugged into the hard-drive. A data cable plugs the hard-drive into the motherboard.
